A Basschat Ukulele Bass sub section now needed?

[miles'tone]

I've really got into the U-Bass world this year, I now own a fretted and fretless. 

I personally would like to see a Ubass specific place to go in our gear section, like we have for double basses etc, as any U-Bass threads do get lost in the usual traffic stream.

There's many different ukulele basses coming onto the market now and also string choices, designs and their development are getting more comprehensive month by month it seems. 

I use my bass ukes more than my bass guitars and upright at present simply because I have them always at hand. In the car, in work... they are so good for on the fly ideas and practise. Every bass home should have one!

Maybe there's enough of us now to warrant the creation of a U-bass sub section (I know that there's at least a few of us lurking in our diminutive closets 😄).

Just a thought for the Basschat massive (especially the mods 😘) @ped

Thanks, 

Miles

 

Edited 1 hour ago by miles'tone

[FiFoFum]

Count me in, Miles. My Batking f-hole fretless is my only bass that fits in an airplane's overhead bin...and its sound is massive. I'm still experimenting with getting it to sound a tad more like an upright.

All in all, it's a different beast that rewards the time taken to fine-tune one's playing techniques.

So much more to learn -- which suits me just fine.

[Bleat]

The inclusion of an ABG section or a mixed Uke/ ABG would be nice. I'm currently switcing over to an acoustic setup and apart from some good suggestions and info on a recent post I made to point me in the right direction, there seems to be a general lack of useful information around the internet.

[miles'tone]

27 minutes ago, Bleat said:

The inclusion of an ABG section or a mixed Uke/ ABG would be nice. I'm currently switcing over to an acoustic setup and apart from some good suggestions and info on a recent post I made to point me in the right direction, there seems to be a general lack of useful information around the internet.

That's a good point Bleat and a great idea! Especially seeing as we also have the Gold Tone Micro Bass (when I'm richer 🤞...) which lands between the two.

 

As an aside, feel free to hit me up on any ABG questions you may have. I've owned and gigged quite a few over the years and may have some useful insights on the matter. 

Always happy to help.

Cheers 👍 

 

[snorkie635]

Hell, yeah!

[Beedster]

Must admit Uke idea alone didn’t grab me but Uke/ABG combined would be good I think, it might not only allow those already playing them a space, but encourage others to give them a go 👍

[Bleat]

3 hours ago, miles'tone said:

That's a good point Bleat and a great idea! Especially seeing as we also have the Gold Tone Micro Bass (when I'm richer 🤞...) which lands between the two.

 

As an aside, feel free to hit me up on any ABG questions you may have. I've owned and gigged quite a few over the years and may have some useful insights on the matter. 

Always happy to help.

Cheers 👍 

 

 

That's very kind of you and much appreciated. I have my bass and an acoustic preamp DI box sorted.  I'm sure I'll have more stuff to wonder about and look into in due course though!

[Bleat]

1 hour ago, Beedster said:

Must admit Uke idea alone didn’t grab me but Uke/ABG combined would be good I think, it might not only allow those already playing them a space, but encourage others to give them a go 👍

It's through gaining more of an interest in the acoustic side of things that I was recently looking at Uke basses also. I wouldn't have even looked if I was sticking firmly to playing electric bass. It may be something I will invest in at a future time. It would be good to have a resource of info here though.